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ADD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

Synonyms:

ADD; ADHD; attention deficit disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; hyperkinetic syndrome; MBD; minimal brain damage; minimal brain dysfunction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ADD" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

Meronyms (parts of "ADD"):

hyperactivity (a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

Example:

Add some extra plates to the dinner table

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Verb group:

add (constitute an addition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add"):

supplement (add as a supplement to what seems insufficient)

enrich (make wealthy or richer)

button (provide with buttons)

stud (provide with or construct with studs)

fortify (add nutrients to)

milk (add milk to)

combine; compound (put or add together)

string; string up (add as if on a string)

concatenate (add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series)

mark; punctuate (insert punctuation marks into)

intercalate (insert (days) in a calendar)

modify; qualify (add a modifier to a constituent)

gild the lily; paint the lily (make unnecessary additions to what is already complete)

adjoin (attach or add)

work in (add by mixing or blending on or attaching)

add on (make an addition)

include (add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category)

mix; mix in (add as an additional element or part)

put on (add to something existing)

butylate (introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound)

put on (add to the odometer)

inject (to introduce (a new aspect or element))

welt (put a welt on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

take away (take out or remove)

Derivation:

addition (the act of adding one thing to another)

additive (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make an addition by combining numbers

Example:

Add 27 and 49, please!

Synonyms:

add; add together

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Verb group:

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add"):

foot; foot up (add a column of numbers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

subtract (make a subtraction)

Also:

add up (add up in number or quantity)

Derivation:

addable (capable of being added or added to)

adder (a machine that adds numbers)

addition (the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers)

additive (characterized or produced by addition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Determine the sum of

Example:

Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

Synonyms:

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Verb group:

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

addable (capable of being added or added to)

adder (a machine that adds numbers)

addible (capable of being added or added to)

addition (the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers)

additive (characterized or produced by addition)

additive (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree)

Sense 4

Meaning:

State or say further

Example:

'It doesn't matter,' he supplied

Synonyms:

add; append; supply

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add"):

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in (insert casually)

toss in (add casually to a conversation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They add that there was a traffic accident

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bestow a quality on

Example:

This adds a light note to the program

Synonyms:

add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add"):

factor (be a contributing factor)

instill; transfuse (impart gradually)

tinsel (impart a cheap brightness to)

throw in (add as an extra or as a gratuity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

addition (a component that is added to something to improve it)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Constitute an addition

Example:

This paper will add to her reputation

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "add" is one way to...):

constitute; form; make (to compose or represent)

Verb group:

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

additive (characterized or produced by addition)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“And he has never philosophized on life,” I added.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Here Quincey Morris added:—I understand that the Count comes from a wolf country, and it may be that he shall get there before us.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

These, added to the six of the original team, and Teek and Koona, the huskies obtained at the Rink Rapids on the record trip, brought the team up to fourteen.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But I can assure you, she added, that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“So much so,” I remarked, “that of the last six cases which I have added to my notes, three have been entirely free of any legal crime.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He was able to fix up his own little hiding-place without any confederate—save, of course, that precious housekeeper of his, whom I should lose no time in adding to your bag, Lestrade.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"There be ways and ways," she added.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The next step is making the device more efficient and making a physical computer that could work in the highest of temperatures, he added.

(Harnessing Heat to Power Computers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Our hope is that doctors and veterinarians will be able to quickly and confidently identify amatoxin poisoning rather than having to clinically eliminate other suspected gastrointestinal diseases first, she added.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

Such unscientific balderdash, added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, would have estranged Damon and Pythias.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)